2012 Schedule of Events
The 2012 ITSA Film Festival is held at the Historic Sonora Opera Hall in downtown Sonora unless otherwise noted for Workshops. DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE PROGRAM Friday, November 2, 2012 GALA EVENT 6:30 – Hors d’oeuvres by Black Oak Casino and Wine by Hatcher Winery 7:00 – Live entertainment by Emily Kollars of Sacramento 7:20 – Short [...]
Shorts to Features, From Many to One
Saturday, November 3, 2012 at the Historic Sonora Inn Banquet Room Workshop 5 2:20pm-3:30pm SHORTS TO FEATURES - Faith vs. Fate Productions (AT SONORA INN BANQUET ROOM) KEY POINTS: – Building a base of material to test your skills. – Not sacrificing quality for quantity – Team Work: The true art of collaboration [...]
Juan Carlos Oseguera
We recently had the opportunity to talk to filmmaker Juan Carlos Oseguera. Juan’s latest feature documentary film “The Fight for Water” has made a huge impact in Central California so we wanted to find out more about his film and how he got to where he is now. ITSA: Is the process of making [...]
2012 Fight for Water – Documentary Workshop
When an environmental ruling shut the water pumps to a region of the California Central Valley, a community of valley farmers and their farm workers stage a march across the California Central Valley in order to fight for their water… because to them, water is not only their means of survival, it is a chance [...]
Oscar Goldman 2012 Wrap-Up
Oscar Goldman is performing at the 2012 ITSA Film Festival Wrap-up on Sunday, November 4. Oscar Goldman’s music can best be described as hip-hop with a splash of poetry. His album Six Finger Discount is two and a half years in the making. The Los Angeles native took to the hills of Sonora, CA and [...]
Hollywood & Gold Country!
One of the many beautiful country roads in Tuolumne County. Because of the diverse terrain, great weather and unique locations, Tuolumne County has been a backdrop for many well-known films. Photo © 2012 Sabre Design Hidden in plain sight within our modern life, historic Columbia State Historic Park in Northern California is still alive and well. It’s [...]
Richard Call
Richard Call is a freelance web designer doing business as Tech209 (Tech209.com). He’s also the person behind Otherlode (otherlode.com). Recently, he took on a full time job as Web Development/Design Engineer at Front Porch. Richard started working with ITSA because of his involvement with the local art collective known as The Greater Good, which represented a strong [...]
Mahtie Bush to Perform at Wrap-Up 2012
On Sunday, November 4, 2012, ITSA Film Festival presents a wrap-up concert featuring several genres of music and performers. A documentary about Mahtie Bush screened at the 2011 festival and won an award and we’ve invited Mahtie back to perform this time. Mahtie bush’s sound and delivery is mostly compared to Xzibit, Ludacris, and Erick [...]
Zac Calbert
Zac is Event Leader for the “REEL Scary” segment of the 3rd Annual ITSA Film Festival. With a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art with emphasis on Graphic Design from CSU Long Beach, Zac strives to make strong and lasting designs. Concentrating on branding and typography he is a printmaker and designer who creates images with printmaking and [...]
Matthew Prier
Matthew heads up our workshops for the 2012 ITSA Film Festival. Aside from workshops, you’ll probably see him working with Zac Calbert as part of the “REEL Scary” segment. He has been a fan of horror movies since he was very young. He started out watching Creature Features out of San Francisco on Friday nights [...]
